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Political heavyweights tip scales in Labor's favour

Labor is ahead in two ultra-tight seats, including one at the centre of a heated salmon farming debate, polling shows a week out from the federal election.

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Party faithful hear leaders' gospel in final poll push

Better health care under Labor and an end to soaring living costs under the coalition are the key messages being pushed in the election campaign's dying days.

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PM offers look to future, warns Dutton is a step back

The prime minister has painted the opposition as a regression to the past while offering his party up as having the solutions for the future.

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Election Diary: Albanese promises around-the-clock health line, with leaders to hold rallies

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will launch another push on health on Sunday, announcing a re-elected Labor government would set up a free around-the-clock 1800MEDICARE advice line and afterhours GP telehealth service.

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Greens accused of misleading voters with flyer in tightly contested Brisbane seat

Incumbent MP Max Chandler-Mather dismisses Labor’s criticism as sign of desperation from a party on the back foot in Griffithh

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Dutton promises to get tough on Top End crime

Peter Dutton has talked tough on crime in a visit to the Top End, after making housing- and healthcare-related election promises in Queensland.

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Suburbs pave pathway to power but Libs will need more

Electoral rings around Sydney and Melbourne hold the majority of marginal seats the coalition needs to win office as Labor looks to offset possible losses.

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Dutton faces eject button as dogfight for seat tightens

A change to preference flows could put Peter Dutton in re-election danger, despite a two-party preferred lead in his marginal seat of Dickson, polling shows.

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Leaders ease off on messaging as Aussies tune out

On a day light on for policy announcements, polling showed the major parties are struggling to convince voters they're capable of improving their lot.

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Hammer and tongs: PM urges supporters to 'go hard'

Anthony Albanese has urged Labor loyalists to keep their foot on the gas as the campaign enters its final stretch.

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Is it still worth getting a home battery in Australia if I can’t install solar panels on my roof?

Some households aren’t suited to solar – but do batteries make environmental or financial sense on their own?

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Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’

The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

The great Australian election campaign quiz – week four

Are you rounding the turn into the home straight, kicking with the wind in the final quarter or falling at the final hurdle? Test your attention span with a week to go before (final) polling day

The Guardian - AU

A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it

Advance and Better Australia are running twin scare campaigns against the Greens and teals, and the very idea of minority government

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Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders

In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players.

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Experts unplug Peter Dutton's power bill rise figure

Experts say Peter Dutton's often-repeated campaign claim that power bills have increased by $1300 is misleading and based on cherry-picked data.

The Guardian - AU

Sharri Markson’s ‘exclusive inside information’ puts Coalition in poll position

Sky News host assures viewers polls favouring Labor are ‘inaccurate’. Plus: Kyle Sandilands the face of a new anti-hate campaign

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Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues

With just eight days until the May 3 federal election, and with in-person early voting well under way, Labor has taken a seven-point lead in a national YouGov poll and an 11-point lead in a Morgan poll. An exit poll of early voters is also encouraging for Labor.

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The Guardian - AU

Watching the election from afar, I can’t help but wonder – is this really the best Australia can do?

With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the US

The Guardian - AU

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'Greensland' in spotlight as envy of major parties

A minor party is hoping to again make Labor and the coalition green with envy at the federal election with another strong showing in a surprise new heartland.

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'Messy' campaign has Dutton in peril amid poll plunge

Peter Dutton's unpopularity is driving a continued fall in support for the coalition, polling suggests, amid questions over the opposition's electoral strategy.

Latin Times

Federal Employees Could Face Criminal Charges for Talking to Journalists, Trump Official Warns

A Department of Labor memo warned that speaking to press or anyone outside of the agency about agency business could lead to criminal charges.

The Guardian - AU

Labor feared the worst in the battle of the ’burbs – and discontent lingers on Melbourne’s outskirts

Seats such as Hawke in Victoria and Werriwa in NSW are prime targets for Peter Dutton’s outer suburban strategy. But Labor believes it can weather the storm

The Guardian - AU

Preferences may help decide the Australian election. Here is what could happen in five crucial seats

How-to-vote cards offer some clues to how preferences may flow, but no one can be sure how closely voters will follow them – and some offer no advice

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